Phone

The Phone field is one of four smart fields in Ninox (the others are URL, Email and Location). The configuration options and parameters for the Phone field are displayed in the image below.

FIELDNAME – The field name is the unique alphanumeric string that identifies the field in terms of what the contents of that field represents. No two fields in the same table may have the exact same name

REQUIRED – Ninox users have the option to define whether or not the field may be empty. If the “Required” field is set to “Yes”, no record may be stored into the data table if the value of the field is null.

TOOLTIP – Often referred to as “hover help”, this is content that will appear in a small balloon at the point where the cursor is when that cursor is left to hover over the field for a few seconds. Tooltips are used to assist the user in understanding what is expected to be entered into the field. For example, a Customer Phone Number field in the Customer table of an accounting database application may include a tooltip that says “Please enter customer phone number including area code and country code”

DISPLAYFIELDONLY IF – This field accesses the Ninox formula editor where the user may define the condition under which this field, and its contents and name, remain visible in the form view of records in this table. A field will only remain visible if the DISPLAYFIELDONLY IF is left blank or if the formula that appears in the field distills down to a “True” state. For example, to ensure that a field remain invisible at all times and in all situations, a user may enter the formula 1=2 or null. To ensure that a field remains visible at all times, leave this field blank. To enable the field to appear or disappear based on the state of another field (or fields) in the table, use a formula that will ultimately evaluate to either true of false. A true evaluation will result in the field appearing while a false evaluation will result in the field remaining hidden.

WRITEABLE IF – This field accesses the Ninox formula editor where the user may define the condition under which the contents of this field may be entered or, if they exist, may be edited. Any formula entered into this field must evaluate to “True” for the contents of this field to be modifiable by the end user. If this field is not blank and the formula entered into the field evaluates to a false state, the field will be locked and its contents unmodifiable. For additional information, please see Table Writes in the User Rights, Security & Passwords section of this users manual.

GLOBALSEARCH – A user has the option to indicate whether or not each specific field within a table is to be targeted by the Ninox Search Engine. If Global Search is selected, the contents of this field will be searched when the Ninox Search Engine (Find) mode is activated. If deselected, the contents of the field will be ignored during search operations. Note that, by default, if the table is excluded from search operations by virtue of its configuration all fields in the table will be ignored irrespective of this setting. Please see Search Engine for additional information on the Ninox Find feature and table configuration.

DELETEFIELD – The red button that appears in the bottom, left-hand corner of the screen, if clicked, will give you the option to delete this field from the table. If you confirm the wish to delete the field, the field, and all content in this field in all records of the table will be eliminated. The Delete Field operation can not be undone, so make sure you have made a backup or archive of your Ninox database application prior to deleting any fields.

As a smart field, NInox will not only store and present data content stored in this field but it will also act on it accordingly. As the content of this field points to a specific voice phone number, once valid content has been entered, the phone icon will appear on the far right-hand side of the field. Clicking on this icon will result in your phone application (if one exists on your device) opening and a call being placed to the phone number defined as content in the Phone field. The phone icon, as it appears when there is content in a Ninox Phone field is displayed in the image below.